The World Economic Forum has an excellent track record of picking successful startups. These six could keep that trend going.
Helped by scorching sales, rising valuations and Google's Android One software, India's Karbonn Mobiles is preparing to go public by 2016.
Indians expected to travel back on seven different flights from the Ebola-hit countries of West Africa will be moved to designated hospitals.
The Rice Bucket Challenge, aimed at helping the country's poor, is India's take on the global campaign to help ALS patients.
The Himalayan region of Kashmir has been a bone of contention between India and Pakistan since both countries became independent in 1947.
Play It Interactive, a Canada-based mobile gaming platform provider, is seeking media partnerships in India.
Irom Sharmila has been on a hunger strike since 2000, demanding the repeal of a law that grants far-reaching powers to India’s armed forces.
Kerala, which boasts of India's highest literacy rate, is also the largest consumer of alcohol in the country.
Gap Inc. is looking to reduce its dependence on markets in the U.S., which currently account for 77 percent of the company's revenues.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Islamabad, calling for the ouster of Nawaz Sharif. Here's what's behind it.
The emissions increase could undermine Brazil's position at global climate talks later this year.
India's Supreme Court has ruled that "inordinate and inexplicable" delays in carrying out executions are grounds for commuting death sentences.
Amazon might be preparing to test its 'octocopter' Prime Air delivery drones in India in late October, The Economic Times reports.
While the "Third Pole" melts at an alarming rate, the region is also amidst a pollution crisis. A disruption of life for billions is at stake.
The startups will be guided by nearly 20 mentors, half of whom will be “Googlers” from California and Israel.
The business software giant, in a bit to tap into Africa's demographic dividend, will train 10,000 IT consultants.
Iyengar is credited with taking yoga mainstream in the Western world.
Riot police and paramilitaries had tried to seal off the diplomatic and government zone before the march began, and were told not to intervene as protesters, some of them women throwing rose petals, moved all obstacles in their way.
Confusion over the definition of China and India's Himalayan border has led to reciprocal accusations of military incursions.
Narendra Modi, in his first Independence Day Speech, raised social issues ailing the country such as rural sanitation and female education.
BlackBerry has appointed a leader for its new technology unit while Q2 shipments rose under CEO Chen's turnaround strategy.
The talks, which would have been the first in two years, were cancelled after a Pakistani diplomat met Kashmiri separatist leaders in New Delhi.
